Romain Piveteau releases LiveQuartz

Do you miss Macpaint? You might get some of that nostalgia back with …

Do you miss Macpaint? Wish you had something similar to Mspaint on your mac? It looks like Romain Piveteau has come to your rescue with their release of LiveQuartz. From the description on the its website, it appears to be a very polished application. It's got three localizations, is a universal binary, has layer support and full support for all CoreImage filters.

After using it for a while, I had some first impressions. The interface is brushed metal and a little cluttered. All of what would be "palettes" in an application like Photoshop are merged into the main window, creating quite a bit of clutter and confusion. The app could also do well with some different tools (like a pencil tool), some way to draw shapes (circles, lines, etc.), a fill tool, and a way to select different brushes.

On second thought, maybe LiveQuartz doesn't completely live up to the memories of paint programs of yore, but with a little a work I think it could be a strong challenger.